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Renee used beautiful flower digital stamps from Joy Clair to create her own custom pattern paper for the background of her handmade card — and I absolutely love this technique.
If you’ve never tried making your own background using digital … Read More...
Pocket pages make for quick and easy layouts. Lydia used them for a set of fun beach layouts. Each pocket holds a photo, journaling card or pattern paper. The blues, corals and sandy colors she used are perfect for summer … Read More...
Normally when using watercolors for your cards you’d stamp on watercolor paper but Amber has a technique using cardstock. She used liquid watercolor markers and just a bit of water on a paint brush to color her images with. … Read More...
Scrapbook.com has gathered together 10 different types and style of mini albums along with tutorials for each one. You’ll find designs for a school album, an album filled with shaker pages, albums filled with pockets, tags and flaps, an accordion … Read More...
Using some super fun new Twist Stamps and Dies from Art Impressions Nina designed this adorable Llama card. His backside is on the inside of the card and he’s suspended inside the opening so he can twist and flip around. … Read More...
The layers of torn pattern papers on this lovely Beach layout from Jennifer add so much texture and depth. I love how the center photo is split between two frames which is surrounded by clusters of tropical images.
Lisa used several different products to create this colorful background on her card. She first stenciled paste onto watercolor paper, then she added Color Burst powders and wet them with water. The paste resisted the colors so the diamond pattern … Read More...
The look of watercolor is really trendy but you don’t have to be an artist to get the look. These printable banners have colorful designs with gold trim that you can use on any paper crafting project. There are 11 … Read More...
Cindi had the wonderful idea for her butterfly cards of die cutting their wings from tissue paper! This really added lots of dimension and a real flutter to them. And since tissue comes in some many different colors and patterns … Read More...
I love how Julie stitched the “Birthday” title across the top on this sweet layout. The row of stapled twine under the title is a nice separation for the banners and tags hanging below. And the downward drips of paint … Read More...
I love the trendy Slimline design of this cute Coffee Card from Tracy Shultz. The die cut window openings look like a walk up counter at a cafe’. To get her bright neon colors she used Gel Pens to color … Read More...
This cheerful birthday layout from Susan is inspired by lemons. She used bright yellows and greens for her color scheme accented with die cut lemons and flower shapes. I love the the photo and embellishment that combine to create the … Read More...
Kristina Werner used new stamps from Colorado Craft Company to create this stunning clear Tri-Fold Card. The top panel is clear acetate with a gold embossed bee on vellum, the panel underneath was created with an ink blended resist … Read More...
Victoria used clusters of flowers, leaves and butterflies all over her Let’s Wander travel layout. She also split her page in half leaving white space on one side and pattern paper on the other. Slightly offsetting her photos and journaling … Read More...
All types of interactive cards are very trendy right now, especially slider cards. These cards have a pull tab that allows the stamped images to slide along a track. Simon Says Stamps has really uped the slider game with their … Read More...
Fiona beautifully combined patterns like flowers, dots, plaids and stripes for this pretty Summer Day scrapbook layout. The trendy wood grain background and a small doily add texture to the page without competing with all the other patterns.
I sometimes find solid silhouette stamps can be difficult to design with. Karen Dunbrook has a fun Scrape Painting technique that adds a colorful background behind her stamps that she stamped in black. By adding dots of acrylic paints to … Read More...
Karen created her own wreath design and embellishments from pattern paper for this layout. Using a tropical pattern paper design she fussy cut out round wreath sections to frame her photos. She also cut out butterflies and more leaves and … Read More...
The warm weather is finally here, the plants are blooming and it’s time to get your hands dirty working in the garden. Or you could just stay indoors coloring a garden with these 6 beautiful Country Garden coloring pages. 🙂 … Read More...
How much fun are these Polaroid Cards from Nina-Marie!? These fun cards are interactive becuase you can pull the photos out of the camera. It’s a great way to share your favorite photos with family and friends.
